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1846 : Neptune discovered

On September 23, 1846, the French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier gave its calculations on the location of an eighth planet in the solar system, to the German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle at the Berlin Observatory. With these calculations and the help of his assistant, Galle discovered the planet by making observations during the next 24 hours. The blue gas planet, 4 times the size of the earth, was named Neptune.

1889 : Creation of the company Nintendo

On September 23, 1889, the company Nintendo was created in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi. The company produced handmade Hanafuda playing cards. Nintendo has begun to create video games and consoles in the late 1970s. It sold tens of millions of its seventh-generation Wii console, launched in 2006.

1909 : Publication of the Phantom of the Opera

On September 23, 1909, the novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera was published as a series in the newspaper Le Gaulois. The book will had little success at first but became one of the pieces the most presented and adapted in the world.

2004 : Jeanne hit Haiti

On September 23, 2004, Hurricane Jeanne hit Haiti, just days after Ivan. 3000 people were killed and 250,000 made ​​homeless.

Actualidad del día : 23 Septiembre

National Day in Saudi ArabiaSeptember 23 is National Day in Saudi Arabia, which commemorates the unification of several provinces into one kingdom in 1932.